plate armour

plate armour

n (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) armour made of thin metal plates, which superseded mail during the 14th century

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plate armour - specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy firearmor plate, armor plating, armour plate, plate armorbackplate - plate armor protecting the back; worn as part of a cuirassbeaver - a movable piece of armor on a medieval helmet used to protect the lower facebrassard - armor plate that protects the armbreastplate, egis, aegis - armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirasscannon - (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the armchamfron, chanfron, frontstall, front-stall, testiere - medieval plate armor to protect a horse's headcubitiere - body armor that protects the elbowcuisse - armor plate that protects the thighepauliere - armor plate that protects the shoulderfauld - a piece of armor plate below the breastplategorget - armor plate that protects the neckgreave, jambeau - armor plate that protects legs below the kneehelmet - armor plate that protects the headknee piece - armor plate that protects the kneenosepiece - armor plate that protects the nosepallette, palette - one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armorscale, shell, plate - a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)roundel - round piece of armor plate that protects the armpitskirt of tasses - armor plate that protects the body below the waistsabaton, solleret - armor plate that protects the foot; consists of mail with a solid toe and heeltasse, tasset - one of two pieces of armor plate hanging from the fauld to protect the upper thighstuille - armor plate that protects the hip and thighvisor, vizor - a piece of armor plate (with eye slits) fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face